MAINLINE DENTAL ARTS
Main Line Dental Arts is a premier specialty periodontal and dental implant practice in Narberth, PA. Dedicated to restoring and preserving your oral health with compassionate, cutting-edge care.
Main Line Dental Arts is a premier specialty periodontal and dental implant practice in Narberth, PA. Dedicated to restoring and preserving your oral health with compassionate, cutting-edge care.
Revealing Your Full, Beautiful Teeth by Reshaping Excessive Gum Display
A gummy smile (known clinically as excessive gingival display) occurs when a disproportionate amount of gum tissue shows above your top teeth when you smile or laugh. This often makes teeth look unusually short, boxy, or childlike, even though healthy, beautiful enamel is hidden beneath the excess tissue.
Common causes include altered passive eruption (where gums failed to recede normally during tooth development), hyperactive upper lip elevation, or structural jaw genetics. Periodontal specialists are uniquely trained in the precise relationship between the teeth, gum margins, and underlying alveolar bone.
At Main Line Dental Arts, our periodontists perform aesthetic crown lengthening and laser gum recontouring to uncover your natural enamel dimensions, creating a balanced, harmonious, and confident smile.
You may benefit from this treatment if you experience any of the following:
We evaluate your facial symmetry, lip dynamics, and tooth length-to-width ratios, carefully mapping the ideal aesthetic gumline while honoring biological width.
Under local anesthesia, excess gum tissue is gently sculpted and trimmed to expose the hidden natural crowns of your teeth.
To ensure permanent results and prevent the gum tissue from creeping back down, the underlying bone level is micro-sculpted a millimeter higher.
You will notice an immediate transformation in the proportion and beauty of your teeth, with complete soft tissue maturation in 2 to 4 weeks.
Unlike Botox injections that wear off every 3 months, surgical contouring is permanent.
Exposes the full, gorgeous natural enamel that has been hidden beneath excess gums.
Corrects uneven, scalloped gum margins for picture-perfect smile aesthetics.
Completed comfortably in a single office visit with fast, predictable recovery.
Practical instructions to ensure an anxiety-free visit and smooth, rapid healing.
What to expect from your initial specialist consultation through complete recovery.
Comprehensive 6-point periodontal charting per tooth to assess pocket depths and bone loss stages.
Deep ultrasonic debridement, scaling, root planing, and therapeutic antimicrobial decontamination.
Follow-up check 4 to 6 weeks later to measure pocket depth reduction and gum reattachment.
Personalized 3-month periodontal maintenance cleanings to keep infection in permanent remission.
Periodontists undergo 3 additional years of accredited university surgical residency beyond dental school, focusing exclusively on jawbone biology, tissue regeneration, and micro-precision implant placement. We partner closely with your family dentist to deliver lasting clinical excellence.
Our board-certified periodontists, Dr. Borguet, Dr. Hodgson, and Dr. Susanin, are here to help restore your oral health with compassionate, personalized care.
